Combined patch and swing pocket.



I F. G. DUDSHON.

COMBINED PATCH AND SWING POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1911.

1,033,790. Patented July 30, 1912.

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STATEZATENT FREDERICK GEORGE DODSHON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OEONE-HALF TO DETROIT OVERALL COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATIONOF MICHIGAN.

COMBINED PATCH AND SWING POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. Don- SHON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Patch and Swing Pockets, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In the arrangement of side pockets for garments for working men it isdifficult to provide retaining means which prevent the contents of thepockets from falling out if the wearer of the garment is stooping overor the pocket becomes inverted.

This invention relates to pockets in garments and more particularly toan arrangement thereof whereby the contents of the pocket is retainedeven when the pocket is inverted.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a pocket that embodiesfeatures of the invention together with the adjacent portion of thegarment; Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through the pocket; andFig. 3 is an edge view of the pocket showing the position it assumeswhen inverted.

In general terms the pocket is a combined patch and swing pocket. Thebody of the pocket is formed of a piece of flexible fabric 1 that issecured by suitable stitching 2 along its upper end and by a line ofstitching 3 part way down one side edge of the pocket to the outer sideof the garment 4., A portion of the pocket below the vertical stitching3 is folded on itself, the lateral margins 5 being secured together inthe usual manner by stitching 6. The upper edge 7 of the inner or backportion of the pocket is stitched as indicated at 8 directly to thegarment. This leaves an opening or mouth extending down part of one sideof the pocket opposite the stitching 3. By this arrangement any articleplaced in the pocket, as for example, a watch indicated at 9, cannotwork out readily as the lower portion or swinging part of the pockettends to fall away from the body of the garment and fold back againstthe patch portion of the pocket as indicated in Fig. 3 showing thepocket in inverted position.

By running a line of stitching indicated at 10, down the face of thepatch parallel to stitching 3 and omitting that portion of the stitching2 which holds the margins of the patch to the garment between the lines10 and 3 of the stitching, a regular patch pocket may be formed inaddition for bolding small articles.

Obviously changes in the details of construction may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and I do not care to limitmyself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

What I claim as my invention is A combined patch and swing pocket for agarment comprising a piece of flexible fabric stitched along its uppermargin and upper portion of one edge to the outer face of the garment,the lower portion of said piece being folded on itself and stitchedtogether along its side margins, with the upturned side of the foldedpart against the face of the garment and its upper edge secured bystitching thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK GEORGE DODSHON.

Witnesses:

C. R. STIoKNnY, A. M. SHANNON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

